Hardly new news to the faithful of Second Life. But, the whole anonymity of Second Life thing has bothered me since I created an avatar over 2 years ago. I just want to be me, just like on Facebook and other places. I do not want to hide. Nor do I worry about security since anyone can find me, and anyone else, just by using Google. Pretending to be someone else in Second Life is not a solution to anything. In fact, it causes problems for those of us in the professional world since we never really know who we are interacting with. And in reality, this anynimity is just a license for people to do and say things without revealing themselves. You know, just like on Halloween.
Basically, any avatar whether new or not, will be able to choose pretty much any name they want and change it once a week. Their current name becomes a username, like mine which is Bronco Skytower, and the display name will show inworld with or without the username, it's our own choice. When a person adds a display name (which is totally optional), it then displays on all their property. When searching for someone, the list of results will show their display name and username.
This new feature is supposed to launch sometime near the end of October, but my realistic attitude tells me more like Thanksgiving or a little later. Whatever the release date, this is a fantastic release and one that I greatly anticipate.
Torley Linden has made another entertaining video that explains how to use this feature which again, is not currently available but will be by years end:
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